Sunday 30 April 2023

One Year On!

I can't quite believe it's only been a year since I decided to treat myself for my birthday and get myself a Pioneer DDJ-400 DJ Controller!

A nice bit of kit that does the basics, which was all I was looking for with the aim at getting DJ match fit again; relearning the skills I had over a decade ago from when I used to organise my own DJ nights in local bars (see this post for photos of some of the DJ's that guested at those nights). Unfortunately as I didn't have my vinyl or CD's anymore, but I still had the tunes I was buying digitally from the likes of Traxsource, Beatport etc back then just gathering dust on an external hard drive, it had to be the digital route and the Pioneer DDJ-400 was perfect for my needs.

This all began from starting a new day job during the Covid Years, and listening to various dance music podcasts / DJ mixes as I worked, and with the awesome new music I was hearing, I was getting slowly back into the groove again. It soon became an itch I had to scratch, and I wanted to don the DJ headphones again.

Not long after getting the DDJ-400, I soon signed up to Mixcloud, initally just to have a go and upload a mix for the Cafe Mambo DJ Competition after seeing it on their socials, I also started uploading some of my old mixes on my profile there too. The response to my old mixes were positive, so with my 'Resident Grooves' house music DJ mix series grinding to a halt at #192, I started recording new ones and posting them on Youtube and Soundcloud too. I also continued where I left off with my 'Fusion' Progressive House / Melodic Trance mixes too, after uploading the older mixes they cracked the Global Top 100 Melodic Trance chart on Mixcloud in consecutive weeks! I'm now posting 'Fusion' mixes on Friday's and 'Resident Grooves' on a Saturday.

So flash-forward to the beginning of 2023, and I scored my first live DJ gig since 2011; DJing at Cedric's Birthday Bash at Ronnie's of Warwick in January, and following that up with another gig at Ronnie's, warming up at Cedric Anderson's DJ night DISCO Ball in April - two quality nights and a pleasure to be a part of. I'm also so grateful for Cedric in giving me a chance behind the decks after so long away, it was so good to be back playing for the dancefloor again! Stressful (at least first time around), but so much fun!

Twelve months later after being away for so long, I'm so glad to be back doing mixes again, and back in love with the dance music scene again, especially with so much great new music out there. I can't wait to see what the next 12 months holds!

Saturday 29 April 2023

Photo Flashback: Ibiza 2009

With the summer season now underway in Ibiza, here's the first in a series of flashbacks from when I visited the White Isle from 2009-2013 and in 2017.

Starting with the first year I went; 2009. (I'm the guy in the Hawaiian shirt 😉)

DJ Mix: Resident Grooves #229 by Andy B


A continuation of my 'Resident Grooves' DJ mix series, that originally ran from 2004 until 2011, and revived in 2022, with another blend of upfront and uplifting deep, vocal house music, this time featuring a few oldies (from 1999 - 2005!), originally mixed and recorded in April 2023.

Now available to listen on:
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Soundcloud:

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Tracklist (with track timecodes)
00:00 The Ones - Flawless (Phunk Investigation Vocal Mix) [Positiva]
06:46 Stonebridge ft Therese - Put Em High (JJ's Club Mix) [Hed Kandi]
13:25 Gadjo ft Alexandra Prince - So Many Times (Stonebridge Mix) [Manifesto]
19:50 Masters At Work ft India - Backfired (Joey Negro Club Mix) [MAW Records]
27:31 Richard F ft Samantha Stock - Let The Sunshine Thru (Main MIx) [Subliminal]
32:53 Joey Negro ft Taka Boom - Must Be The Music (Club Mix) [Incentive]
38:31 Seamus Haji - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (Seamus Haji Mix) [Big Love Music]
44:55 Axwell - Feel The Vibe (Original) [Data Records]
49:47 Loverush - Same Ol' Thing (Sandy Rivera Mix) [Credence]
54:32 Peyton - A Higher Place (Eric Kupper's Gospel Degree Vocal Mix) [Hed Kandi]

Friday 28 April 2023

DJ Mix: Fusion* #10 by Andy B


A continuation of my Fusion* DJ mix series that originally ran from 2008-2011, and revived in 2023, featuring a fusion of progressive / tech house and melodic trance / techno, originally mixed and recorded in April 2023.

Available to listen on:
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Soundcloud:

Youtube:

Tracklist (with track timecodes):
00:00 Double Touch - Circles (Original Mix) [All Day I Dream]
06:39 Aske Izan - Mugitzen (Extended Mix) [Hungarian Hot Wax]
11:18 Eli & Fur - You're So High (Original Mix) [NYX]
15:23 Kamilo Sanclemente - From The Sky (Original Mix) [Freegrant Music]
21:46 Nick Muir - Lux Aeterna (Extended Mix) [Krafted Underground]
26:49 Kamilo Sanclemente - Enchanted Forest (Original Mix) [MNL]
31:33 Utah Saints - Lost Vagueness (Oliver Lieb's Main Mix) [Echo]
35:29 Slipstream - Every Situation Is Temporary (Extended Mix) [Borderline]
42:23 Adymus - Kaleidoscope Eyes (Original Mix) [Enhanced Recordings]
48:06 System F - Out Of The Blue (Original 12" Version) [Essential Recordings]
53:18 Rank 1 - Airwave (Original Mix) [Manifesto]

Saturday 22 April 2023

DJ Mix: Resident Grooves #228 by Andy B


Continuing my 'Resident Grooves' #DJMix series with #228. Another blend of upfront and uplifting deep, vocal house music, originally mixed and recorded in April 2023.

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Tracklist (with track timecodes)
00:00 Alison Goldfrapp - So Hard So Hot (Original Mix) [Skint Records]
04:05 Oscar Barila - Coquette (Original Mix) [Salted Music]
07:56 Sound Support - Bump Into You (Original Mix) [Toy Tonics]
12:02 Hot Toddy ft Karen Harding - So Good To Me (Extended Mix) [Glitterbox Recordings]
16:42 Jamie Jones - Lose My Mind (Extended Mix) [Helix Records]
21:48 Larse - A Part Of (Riva Starr Extended Saturn Mix) [Defected]
26:03 CamelPhat & Elderbrook - Cola (Mousse T's Glitterbox Mix) [Defected]
30:11 Mark Lower ft Fleur De Mur - Burn For Love (Extended Mix) [Big Love Music]
34:49 Hannah Wants ft ARA - The One (Extended Mix) [Defected]
39:11 Dilby - Remember Me (Extended Mix) [Glasgow Underground]
43:17 John 'Julius' Knight and Roland Clark - This Is House (Dave Mayer and Jordy Field Vocal Remix) [Soulfuric Trax]
48:11 Silicone Soul - Right On (Original Instrumental Version) [Soma Quality Recordings]
52:50 The Goodfellas ft Lisa Millett - Soul Heaven (David Penn Remix) [Saifam Dance]

Friday 21 April 2023

DJ Mix: Fusion* #9 by Andy B


A continuation of my Fusion* DJ mix series that originally ran from 2008-2011, and featured trance tunes reminiscent of the sets from the DJ's I saw during my days stomping the podiums of clubs like Godskitchen and dance music festivals like Global Gathering, as I wanted to do something a bit different from my 'Resident Grooves' house music DJ mixes at the time.

More recently, after uploading all the Fusion* mixes to my Mixcloud page, all but one (the one being a mix I had previously uploaded last year) have cracked the Global Melodic Trance Top 100 Mixcloud chart in recent weeks, which was a pleasant surprise!

So, with 12 years since the last 'Fusion' mix, I've decided to revive the series for 2023 (along with a thumbnail image redesign), with new DJ mixes featuring a fusion of progressive / tech house and melodic trance / techno.

Originally mixed and recorded in March 2023.

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Tracklist (with track timecodes)
00:00 Mark Alow - White Tusk (Robbie Akbal Remix) [Sol Selectas]
06:00 Kamilo Sanclemente - Diffraction (Original Mix) [Freegrant Music]
10:21 Cid Inc - Shifter (Original Mix) [Replug]
15:07 Eric Lune - Human Nature (Original Mix) [Plattenbank]
21:37 Monkey Safari - Safe (Joris Voorn Remix) [Spectrum (NL)]
25:22 gardenstate - Arpology (Original Mix) [Spectrum (NL)]
29:22 Nick Muir ft Craig Walker - Savin' You (Marcelo Vasami Rework) [Progressive Astronaut]
35:37 Kamilo Sanclemente - The White City (Original Mix) [Perspectives Digital]
40:06 Envotion - 12 Hours Straight (Original Mix) [Pilot6 Recordings]
45:41 Estiva - Les Fleurs (Original Mix) [Enhanced Recordings]
50:16 Mat Zo - Lucky Strike (Original Mix) [Anjunabeats]
56:02 Faithless ft Cass Fox - Music Matters (Axwell Remix) [Toolroom Records]

Saturday 15 April 2023

DJ Mix: Resident Grooves #227 by Andy B


Another blend of upfront and uplifting deep, vocal house music, originally mixed and recorded in April 2023.

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On Youtube:

01 Tube & Berger - Imprint Of Pleasure (Original Mix) [Suara]
02 Martin East Project ft Canata - Far From This Place (Original Mundial Vocal Mix) [Kapa Music]
03 The Jinks ft Zodiac - Like Music (Main Mix) [MN2S]
04 Phil Good ft Indira Khan - Bring Me Up (Morten Trust Club Mix) [Soulmagic]
05 Oscar Barila - Coquette (Original Mix) [Salted Music]
06 Jamie Jones - Lose My Mind (Extended Mix) [Helix Records]
07 Orlando Voorn - Be With You (Crackazat Remix) [Heist Recordings]
08 Disko Junkie - Push The Funk (Soul Power Mix) [Tasty Recordings]
09 Seamus Haji ft Phebe Edwards - Better Come Again (Extended Mix) [Big Love Music]
10 Soul Avengerz ft Katherine Ellis - One Luv (Sound Conducterz Vocal Mix) [OneLove]
11 Milk & Sugar - Let The Sun Shine (Milk And Sugar Global Mix) [Milk & Sugar Recordings]
12 Mad8 vs Shawn Christopher - Deep Sleepless Night (Dino Lenny's Old Skool Mix) [free2air Recordngs]

Tuesday 11 April 2023

DJ Mix: Fusion* #8 by Andy B


Not skipping a number 😜 as I've previously uploaded Fusion* #7 (available to listen here)

#8 in my Fusion* DJ mix series, originally mixed and recorded in 2011, featuring mostly new (at the time) tunes.

On Mixcloud

On Soundcloud

01 Arnej - Dust In The Wind (Intro Mix) [Armada]
02 Above & Beyond ft Richard Bedford - Sun and Moon (Club Mix) [Ultra]
03 Kim Fai - Zen (Original Club Mix) [Toolroom]
04 Sander Van Doorn - Koko (Original Mix) [Doorn]
05 Ferry Corsten - Feel It (Original Extended Mix) [Ultra]
06 Arty & Mat Zo - Rebound (Original Mix) [Anjunabeats]
07 Sander Van Doorn - Daddyrock (Original Mix) [Doorn]
08 Tiesto & Mark Knight ft Dino - Beautiful World (Club Mix) [Toolroom]
09 Phunk Investigation - Wall of Sound (Original Club Mix) [Toolroom]
10 MIKE - Sunrise At Palamos 2009 (Gareth Emery Remix) [Garuda]
11 Andain & Gabriel & Dresden vs Mord Fustang – Beautiful Rainbow (F1D0 Mashup) [White Label]

DJ Mix: Resident Grooves #226 by Andy B


Another blend of deep, vocal house music, originally recorded April 2023.

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01 Spiritchaser ft Dyanna Fearon - Tonight (Extended Mix) [Guess Records]
02 Michal Martyniuk ft YániKa - New Things (Eric Kupper Remix) [(un)Reliable Recordings]
03 Oscar Barila - Coquette (Original Mix) [Salted Music]
04 Made By Pete & Zoe Kypri - Horizon Red (Original Mix) [Crosstown Rebels]
05 Orlando Voorn - Be With You (Crackazat Remix) [Heist Recordings]
06 Michael Gray ft Kelli Sae - You're Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else (Michael Gray Extended Remix) [Glitterbox Recordings]
07 Mark Lower ft Fleur De Mur - Burn For Love (Extended Mix) [Big Love Music]
08 Louie Vega ft Anané - Cosmic Witch (Mochakk Remix) [Nervous Records]
09 Angelo Ferreri - Positive Humour (Original Mix) [Glasgow Underground]
10 Sugar & Martini - Rise (Extended Mix) [Shocking Sounds Records]
11 Technasia - I Am Somebody (Original Mix) [Suara]
12 Major Lazer, Major League DJz ft Tiwa Savage & DJ Maphorisa - Koo Koo Fun (Nic Fanciulli Remix - Extended) [Major Lazer / Because Music]

Sunday 2 April 2023

DJ Mix: Resident Grooves #225 by Andy B


Continuing my 'Resident Grooves' DJ Mix series with #225. A re-recording of my DJ set at DISCO at Ronnie's Of Warwick on Saturday April 1 2023, a blend of upfront and uplifting deep, vocal house music, originally mixed and recorded in April 2023.

Available to listen on:

Mixcloud:

Soundcloud:

YouTube:

01 Massiande ft Diamondancer - Dancing Is Life (Original Mix) [Freerange Records]
02 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (Bob Sinclar Remix) [Virgin Records]
03 Spiritchaser ft Dyanna Fearon - Tonight (Extended Mix) [Guess Records]
04 Phil Weeks & Charlie Sputnik - Say What You Want (Original Mix) [Mother Recordings]
05 DJ Chus & David Penn ft Concha Buika - Will I (Original Stereo Cool Mix) [Azuli Records]
06 Grant Nelson ft Cathy Battistessa - Black Water (Vocal Mix) [Swing City Records]
07 Birdee ft Kelli Sae - Best There Ever Was (Extended Mix) [Tinted Records]
08 Jamie Jones - Lose My Mind (Extended Mix) [Helix Records]
09 Pig&Dan - Pull Up To The Bumper (Extended Disco Mix) [DFTD]
10 Pete Heller - Big Love (The Dronez Mix) [Essential Recordings]
11 Kings Of Tomorrow ft Julie McKnight - Finally (Dario D'Attis Extended Remix) [Defected]
12 Aly-Us - Follow Me (Fred Everything & Olivier Desmet SF Vocal) [Strictly Rhythm]

Saturday 1 April 2023

DJ Mix: Fusion* #6 Trance DJ Mix by Andy B


#6 in my Fusion* DJ mix series, originally mixed and recorded in 2009, featuring a blend of classic and new (at the time) tunes.

On Mixcloud

On Soundcloud

01 Faithless ft Cass Fox - Music Matters (Axwell Remix) [Toolroom]
02 Three Drives - Sunset On Ibiza (Original Mix) [Xtravaganza]
03 Mat Zo - Equinox [Soundpiercing]
04 M.I.K.E - Sunrise At Palamos [XTC]
05 Armin Van Buuren ft Jennifer Rene - Fine Without You (Sied Van Riel Remix) [Armind]
06 Pawel Meller - Escape (Original Mix) [Armada]
07 Sean Tyas - Melbourne (David Newsum Remix) [Discover]
08 Push - The Legacy (Club Mix) [Bonzai]
09 Gareth Emery - Exposure [Garuda]
10 The Green Martian - Industry [Serious]
11 Tony De Vit - The Dawn (Dark By Design Remix) [Tidy]